lathing

American  

[lath-ing, lah-thing] / ˈlæθ ɪŋ, ˈlɑ θɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of applying lath.

2. a quantity of lath in place.

3. material used as lath.

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Etymology

Origin of lathing

First recorded in 1535–45; lath + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

They talked amid the exposed plaster lathing for nearly an hour, then for half an hour more in the street out front.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2017

For the first six to eight months, I worked at lathing the bottoms of cymbals.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2016

The painting is moving and I’m kind of standing still like a workman on his lathe, lathing a piece of wood.

From Forbes • Sep. 24, 2014

The walls were stripped down to their lathing, and the new plaster was hand-buffed with beeswax, creating a sheen that, as Ms. Spellman points out, “looks incredible in candlelight.”

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2010

These specimens are very interesting examples of aboriginal lathing and plastering applied to stone work.

From A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Nichols, Henry Hobart